When listening to music, we naturally move our bodies rhythmically to the beat, which can
be pleasurable and difficult to resist. This pleasurable sensation of wanting to move the body …

Catchiness and groove are common phenomena when listening to popular music.
Catchiness may be a potential factor for experiencing groove but quantitative evidence for …

When speaking about music, the term groove can refer to objective qualities, such as
rhythmic patterns, or to subjective experiences, such as the pleasurable urge to move to the …

The study aims to determine the specifics of musical performance in the context of the
development of contemporary music, considering various musical genres. The methods of …

This study investigates how polyphonic timbre, an important factor in music listening,
influences the groove experience, one of the most important reactions to music. We selected …

This paper is the first step to bridge this gap by asking whether groove research can help us
teach groove to students, and, if so, how it can best be taught. Simultaneously, the paper …

Background In western popular music, we often find compositions in which a salient melody
or riff is put over a steady driving background. Such music conveys an infectious feeling of …